Wine grapes are particularly finicky when it comes to their environment. For instance, heatwaves and droughts lead to earlier berry ripening and lackluster wine. And…
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Homalictus fijiensis, a common bee in the lowlands of Fiji. Credit: James Dorey, Flinders University Early land clearance helped Fijian pollinators. After centuries of human…
CRISPR illustration. Credit: National Institutes of Health Multiplexed gene activation system allows for four to six times the activation capacity of current CRISPR technology, with…
A realistic computational model predicts an important correlation between airborne pollen and coronavirus transmission. Credit: Talib Dbouk Computer model recreates a willow tree and nearby…
Cantils, so named for their cantilever function of supporting the flower-bearing stalk, are newly reported plant structures that develop in wild-type Arabidopsis as a consequence…
In wild-type plant cells, lattice-bound Msd1 (filled green circle) recruits cytoplasmic Wdr8 (open green circle) to form a heteromeric complex, which is translocated to and…
Preventing the spread of plant pandemics. Plant diseases don’t stop at national borders and miles of oceans don’t prevent their spread, either. That’s why plant…
Grass pollen grains under light microscope. Credit: A. Menzel and Y. Yuan, Technical University of Munich Scientists in Munich study how pollen from far distances…
Scientists explain the genetic basis of lavender’s allure. Credit: Lei Shi Scientists explain the genetics of what makes the smell of lavender special. Even the…
Spores of the fungus that causes Coffee Wilt Disease. Credit: CABI Researchers have re-animated specimens of a fungus that causes coffee wilt to discover how…
A productive lettuce yield following the researchers’ new biodisinfestation method. Credit: Maite Gandariasbeitia et al. Byproducts from the beer and agricultural industry have been shown…
Just in time for picnic-table trivia, a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences rewrites the origins of domesticated watermelons.…
Flower sex is an important factor when breeding for quality cultivars. Wines and table grapes exist thanks to a genetic exchange so rare that it’s…
Taking a soil sample from a maize field at Chitedze Research Station, Lilongwe, Malawi. The University of Nottingham The amount of nutrients people get from…
Frost on Arabidopsis thaliana — new discovery may help us grow crops in fluctuating climate. Credit: John Innes Centre The first frost of autumn may…
Mountain Ringlet butterfly. Credit: Melissa Minter, University of York UK landowners and conservationists welcome wider-spread use of Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) to help protect some…
A piece of the transparent wood is displayed. Credit: Céline Montanari Since it was first introduced in 2016, transparent wood has been developed by researchers…
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi extend long filament-like structures called hyphae far out into the soil. The hyphae, which are smaller than a human hair, can be…
This study marks the first time researchers have sequenced the genomes of plants from ancient germinated seeds. Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi’s Center for Genomics…
A root hair (blue) grows around the symbiotic bacteria (red). Credit: Pengbo Liang/University of Freiburg Freiburg researchers explain an evolutionary step in the symbiosis between…